Buchholz Struggles, Sox Drop Another to Twins

by Randy Booth on Mar 23, 2010 10:48 PM EDT in Game Stories

Clay Buchholz certainly isn't making a strong case for himself to be in the Red Sox's rotation come Opening Day.

Buchholz was hit for five earned runs in 1.2 innings of work on Tuesday against the Twins as the Sox dropped another, 7-2. He allowed four hits, three walks and struck out just two.

In more important yet still unimportant news, Dustin Pedroia left the game after the first inning after diving for a grounder. Word out of the press corps is that Pedroia has a sprained wrist but is doing all right. He will have an x-ray on Tuesday, but Terry Francona wasn't concerned with the injury after the game.

Hideki Okajima, Daniel Bard and Manny Delcarmen pitched and continued their strong springs by not allowing any runs. Jonathan Papelbon allowed a hit and a walk but struck out two in one innings. Ramon Ramirez gave up one run in 1.1 innings.

Sox play the Pirates at 1:05 p.m. Wednesday.

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One positive thing

Ortiz had two absolutely fantastic at bats- walking one time and doubling down right the other, and using up a ton of pitches on each.

Otherwise pretty grim. Also, Hazelbaker has a ways to go.

I thought Bard looked great, and MDC had a nice clean inning- though I wished I could’ve seen what the radar gun was reading.

get well soon, Pedroia.

by wolf9309 on Mar 23, 2010 10:56 PM EDT reply actions

Papi bashers

Wolf 9309 you are so right but they will still come down on him till he is 30+ and 100 rbi+ and then they will say so he did what he should have…….lol it’s the pitching and bench that should stand up and get it done!!!

by RED SOX are #1 in my heart on Mar 23, 2010 11:03 PM EDT reply actions

I felt it was like the old Buchholz

It was a mixture of bad luck and him nibbling to much. After seeing the clear throwing Error by Pedroia Buchholz walked Orlando Hudson on 4 pitches, one of those wild which allowed Span to reach 2nd. He seemed to be thinking alot about that baserunner throwing to first twice. Next Batter Joe Mauer again a wild pitch Span to 3b, Hudson to 2b. Followed by a groundout of mauer on which span scored and Strikeouts of Morneau and Cuddyer.

2nd Inning Groundout Kubel, Span lines it to Center, Hardy draws a walk, Punto luckily finds the hole between Youk and then 2nd Basemen Sanchenz after really pounding the ball in the ground. I feel like Pedroia would have gotten that. It continued like that. He only got hit hard once. And never gave up an extra basehit. Everything he threw was down. The Camera Angle was so bad you couldnt see the zone most of the time cause of the 2b umpire blocking it.

I felt like Buch was still working on offspeed stuff, really nibbling and not attacking the zone. So I wouldnt be that overly concerned, but dont let Varitek catch Buch in the season they just dont really work together.

by German Red Sox Fan on Mar 24, 2010 2:27 AM EDT reply actions

THE SKY IS FALLING!

- Chicken Little

by BobZupcic on Mar 24, 2010 10:04 AM EDT reply actions

Stupid me

Saying buch sucks. what was I thinking, thank god we didn’t trade him for halladay lol!!!

by celtsfan1 on Mar 24, 2010 10:18 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

um

I’m not sure that was an option. In fact I’m fairly sure that specifically wasn’t an option, that Theo offered him and the Jays didn’t take it. There was no way the Jays wanted to face Halladay in the AL East for years to come.

by wolf9309 on Mar 24, 2010 10:57 AM EDT up reply actions

Revisionist history AND overreacting to a spring training game all in one sentence?

Man, you’re really outdoing yourself.

In fact, the word is that we offered not only Buchholz, but also Bowden, Hagadone, Masterson, and Bard in a 5-for-1 deal! But I’m sure you’ll ignore that and insist that I made some argument about Buchholz being the second coming of Felix Hernandez instead of just a high-potential young starter who performed as a solid #3 last season.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on Mar 24, 2010 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions

No I won't

Argue the number 3 starter fact but I would have gave all 5 for for halladay

by celtsfan1 on Mar 24, 2010 2:19 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

no the point is

Theo reportedly DID offer all 5, and Ricciardi wouldn’t do it.

by wolf9309 on Mar 24, 2010 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions

I'm not sure I would've.

Look at it as Victor Martinez, Buchholz, Bowden, and Bard for Halladay. Doc is fantastic, but that’s a LOT.

Either way, it was offered, and for some ungodly reason Ricciardi (oh, no, there’s the reason—it’s Ricciardi!) decided not to go for it.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on Mar 24, 2010 2:42 PM EDT up reply actions

Also, they probably wouldn't have been able to sign Lackey with Doc's massive contract, so add that in too.

Lackey
Martinez
Buchholz
Bard
Bowden

I’ll pass.

USG

by Ben Buchanan on Mar 24, 2010 2:44 PM EDT up reply actions

given

by BobZupcic on Mar 24, 2010 2:49 PM EDT up reply actions

"given all 5 for Halladay"

English gone bad

by BobZupcic on Mar 24, 2010 2:50 PM EDT up reply actions

i agree

i guess it comes down to if you value potential or proven ability. i would have traded those 5 for a durable, perennial cy young candidate who has proven he can pitch in the AL east. Pitchers like Halladay only come around so often and a starting rotation of Halladay, Beckett, and Lester is hard to pass up in my opinion. Even at the expense of having guys like Martinez and Lackey.

by KillaCam on Mar 24, 2010 8:23 PM EDT up reply actions